This section covers the Brezhnev era from 1964 to 1985. We will be asking why the regime resisted the reforms it desperately needed to reverse economic stagnation and the growing cynicism and disillusionment of the people? Why did the population not resist the Soviet regime openly? Is that what allowed it to survive? What was the impact of high oil prices on the Soviet economy and foreign policy? To what extent did the Soviet leadership still believe in the ideals of 1917? You will find some answers to these questions in this section, which contains extracts of my books, photographs and a video, and my suggestions about what to read. Register
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